Robbie and Sarah have been married since 2008, have two kids, and have been treasuring Jesus in the Arab world for 16 years. Over the last 10 years, they have lived in several countries on the Arabian Peninsula. In addition to serving as church planting team leaders and coaches to other team leaders in the area, they have registered a business for residency, and they find other meaningful ways to engage local seekers in this Muslim-majority nation.

Whether sharing the good news of the Kingdom on the frontier of the global church, or supporting other global workers, they delight in helping others become all that God made them to be. Though global workers have served in this part of the Arabian Peninsula for over 100 years, today there are less than 15 known local believers in active discipleship between all international churches and mission organizations present in the country—and no expression yet of a truly local church. This couple leads a multi-organizational team focused on establishing indigenous church and extending Gospel access to the unreached through bi-vocational service in the marketplace.

International events unfolding in this region certainly impacted this family. They followed guidance from local and international governments and their organizational safety team, while also looking for opportunities provided by the situation. In their case, that meant 3 months in the USA, but they just returned to the region a couple weeks ago.

Please pray for:

Christian community for their kids, Eli and Leila 

Maturing of the local believers being discipled, and emergence of local church leaders 

Local believers to trust one another, and support one another 

Strong partnerships to develop between local belivers, international churches and missions agencies

Access into unengaged communities (for example, the deaf) where they live 

More laborers for the harvest to join our team 

Clear wisdom for next steps in church growth strategy 

Peace in the region/conflict to cease